THE VEDAS, BRÂHMA@NAS AND THEIR PHILOSOPHY
1 The Vedas and their antiquity……………………………10
2 The place of the Vedas in the Hindu mind………………….10
3 Classification of the Vedic literature……………………11
4 The Sa@mhitâs………………………………………….12
5 The Brâhma@nas…………………………………………13
6 The Âra@nyakas…………………………………………14
7 The @Rg-Veda, its civilization…………………………..14
8 The Vedic gods…………………………………………16
9 Polytheism, Henotheism, and Monotheism……………………17
10 Growth of a Monotheistic tendency; Prajâpati, Vis’vakarma…..19
11 Brahma………………………………………………..20
12 Sacrifice; the First Rudiments of the Law of Karma…………21
13 Cosmogony—Mythological and Philosophical…………………23
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14 Eschatology; the Doctrine of Âtman……………………….25
15 Conclusion…………………………………………….26